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ATLA Religion Database   1949+   BU-px
ATLA RELIGION DATABASE, produced by the American Theological Library Association, indexes citations in the scholarly fields of religion. It covers the research literature of religion in more than 30 languages and contains articles from 650 journals, essays from 14,000 multi-author works, and more than 300,000 book reviews. Coverage is from 1949 to date.

Religion and Philosophy Collection      BU-px
The RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY COLLECTION database offers abstracts of

articles and books, and contains some full text content.It has

particular strengths in religious history, epistemology, and world

religions, among other subjects, but is an important tool for many

related areas as well. Full text availability goes back to 1975 for

some journal titles.

Catholic Periodical and Literature Index      BU-px
The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index offers indexing from papal and other church documents, more than 190 serials, and books relating to the Catholic faith. Content indexed from periodicals includes not only the articles, but also theatre and movie reviews, as well as interviews. Coverage is for literature written since 1981.

New Testament Abstracts   1985+   BU-px
New Testament Abstracts indexes journal articles, books, book reviews, and even software related to New Testament studies. The database describes content from more than 500 periodicals in various languages, but all abstracts are in English. Searching by scripture passages is possible, with particular strengths in scholarship about the world of the New Testament and about the epistles. The content covered is material published since 1985.

Old Testament Abstracts   1978+   BU-px
OLD TESTAMENT ABSTRACTS indexes journal articles, books, and even software related to Old Testament studies. The database describes content from more than 450 journals. Some foreign languages material is covered, with abstracts available in English. Strengths include theology, archaeology, and philology. Some content coverage goes back to 1978. This database is the result of a partnership between the American Theological Library Association and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology.

Luthers Werke      BU-px
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Patrologia Latina Database      ChRiv-px
PATROLOGIA LATINA DATABASE comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian (AD 200) to the death of Pope Innocent III (1216). The database contains the full texts, as well as all prefatory material, critical apparatus and indexes.

World Christian Database      BU-px
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Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) - Full Text      BU-px
"The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database (PQDT) is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It is the database of record for graduate research, with over 2.3 million dissertations and theses included from around the world.

Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. Bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1861, and more than 60,000 new citations are added to the database every year.

Over 1.9 million dissertations and theses are available from the UMI vaults on microfilm or in hardcopy, and researchers can preview many recent titles electronically. Where available, PQDT provides 24 Page Previews of dissertations and theses. In addition, more than 925,000 are available for download in PDF format (Digital dissertations and theses are archived as submitted by the degree-granting institution. Some will be Native PDF, some PDF Image)."



FRANCIS (International social sciences & humanities)      ChRiv-px
FRANCIS includes multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities, social sciences and economics. The database is strong in religion, the history of art and literature with emphasis on current trends in European and world literature. Coverage is from 1984 to date.

Humanities Full Text   1995+ (abstracts 1984+)   BU-px
HUMANITIES FULL TEXT is a database that indexes and abstracts articles from English-language periodicals, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Topics include archaeology, art, film, music, performing arts, religion, history and literature. Periodical coverage includes both well-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized periodicals. Indexing begins in 1984. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.

ACLS Humanities E-Book      BU-px
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eBrary      WWW
This is an online collection of ebooks covering a wide range of subject areas. Patrons may search or browse for materials that interest them and create a personal bookshelf.

Oxford Scholarship Online      ChRiv-px
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Web of Science   1973+   BU-px
WEB OF SCIENCE is the Web interface to the citation databases from the Institute of Scientific Information. Coverage is from 1978-. The databases include: Science Citation Index Expanded. covers 5300 journals (2000 more titles than the print version) and is updated with 16,000 new records every week; Social Sciences Citation Index covers 1700 journals and is updated with 2800 new records every week; Arts & Humanities Citation Index. covers 1100 journals and is updated with 2200 new records every week. Data extracted from the Web of Science should give the following attribution to ISI: The above data are extracted from the Science Citation Index Expanded., Social Sciences Citation Index. and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Databases of the Institute for Scientific Information., Inc., ISI., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Copyright) 199_.